Slaves

Amara's POV.

"Get up." I was dragged up immediately.

"We don't have time to lazy around, slaves have work to do." A woman glared hard at me.

"And the alpha just told me to make sure you work." She dragged me with her.

I followed her swallowing, I couldn't believe he did that to me and left immediately.

I followed the woman, we reached a pantry,it was very dirty.

I could tell from the looks of it nobody has cleaned it for a long time.The woman threw my shirt into my hands,

“You will be working in the kitchen until further notice. You can choose which task is easiest for you, if not then you'll do them all.”

 I didn't know what tasks to pick. I'm sure this wouldn't help me get my freedom.

The woman left after giving me two minutes, she said she'd come back when I had decided what I wanted to do.

My body was aching as if my whole body was tired.I tried cleaning up a little. The clothes were filthy and looked old but I didn't want the other slaves to see so I wore mine again.

I sat for some time thinking about what I wanted to do, it took a lot of thinking about what would be easier for me.

I wasn't ready for the slap that hit me when she came Inside.

“Start cleaning."

I felt like crying,she slapped me again and I got back to work. I knew I couldn't cry, I needed all the strength I had for what lies ahead.

I heard the door close behind me,the next thing I knew she started hitting me.

"Clean up and don't waste time." She walked out.

I nodded as I began cleaning immediately, my whole body ached badly, my wolf wasn't that strong, and the beatings I got made it extremely weak.

I was so exhausted, when I finished everything I was covered in sweat, my whole body was wet.

I was sitting outside when she finally returned.

She ordered something I couldn't understand, but when she saw me she started cursing again.

"Find a room and stay." She ordered, so I looked for an open room.

I closed the door immediately when I found one, and jumped on the bed immediately.

I was too exhausted to even think, I fell asleep before even knowing it.

**********

"Hey, get up, we're late!" Someone barged into my room.

I opened my eyes groggily, I realized it was another slave I didn't know,I looked at the clock and saw it was already 10 in the morning.

I followed her, I couldn't remember anything but I knew I didn't deserve this treatment, I was only doing this to survive, it was better than Kaden taking me back to the pack.

I joined her in scrubbing the floor, trying so hard to fight my tears, I kept scrubbing, hoping it finishes quickly.

"We get to eat after." She whispered softly.

"I'm Maria." She said,

"I'm Amara." I replied.

We kept cleaning and she stood up immediately, I dropped the brush following her , I didn't know how slaves worked here, but I presumed if I followed her then I'll understand everything.

I followed he into a corridor, I could see other slaves seated in the dinning there.

"It's time to eat." She walked in, I followed her.

I stared at the food on the table, I was starving. I hadn't eaten since yesterday afternoon.

"Eat slowly." Maria whispered in my ear.

I looked down at my plate, I was starving, I ate slowly but soon my stomach was protesting loudly.

Maria chuckled, " Fine, eat faster or we will get thrown out." I ignored her, my hunger won out.

After I swallowed I asked quietly, "Where are we going?"

"Training grounds. We have a lot of slaves." I looked up at her confused.

"What? But why me." Maria gave me a sad smile.

"Because the alpha ordered it."

I sighed in frustration, sighing as I stood up.

"How do you know he did?" I asked.

  

She sighed,"I don't know exactly, I've never talked to him, the head slave said so."

"Okay." I muttered, looking away, I didn't want her seeing me cry.

She stood up and I joined her, I could feel the other slaves eyes on me.

"Why are they staring?" I whispered.

"He also told the head slave that you're a rogue and should be treated like a rogue slave." She replied.

My heart thumped loudly, I couldn't believe what I just heard, it felt like a lie, but it was true.

He was the one who made them treat me this way. I couldn't believe it, but I saw the hatred he has for me. He showed me that firsthand, it didn't matter to him if I was his mate or not.

I stopped following Maria, walking away to where I didn't know I ran away. I needed air and it felt so suffocating here, my feelings were everywhere.

I saw a flower garden , I went inside, it was quiet inside, I sat down on a stone bench.

I put my head in my arms, hiding my face. I sobbed quietly.

'I don't know what to do anymore.' I thought miserably.

"I escaped to find a better place, not this." 

The tears slipped from my eyes and I couldn't control them, I buried my face even more, it's been days since anyone helped me, and now the alpha ordered that people should treat me like a rogue slave.

'But am I really?'

I thought about what would happen if I ran back to Kaden, I was sure he would kill me, it was better to stay here than to run into the hands of a psycho.

I rather stay with a mate who hated me because I was a rogue.

I thought of how life would be if my parents didn't die, I wouldn't go through all this.

'If they were alive none of this would ever happen to me,' I cried harder.

I heard footsteps nearing, I wiped away the remaining tears I couldn't bring myself to look at whoever it was, I hoped they wouldn't see me like this.

The footsteps grew closer and someone touched me on the shoulder.

I gasped when I looked up, it was Alpha Dylan.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" He bellowed.